Harry Bohan's Web Site
Site contains personal info (education, jobs, list of publications), hyperstudio stacks of K-8 math programs (some available for download here, all available by sending the required number of HD disks to Harry Bohan), an extensive page on teaching multiplication,
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Harvard Sports Analysis Collective
Dedicated to the quantitative analysis of sports strategy and management, this Harvard student organization focuses on the intersection of sports, sports business, statistics, and problem solving. Original analysis and research into sports analytics authored
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Helmer Aslaksen
A mathematics professor at the National University of Singapore. Research involves abstract algebra, including the trigonometry of symmetric spaces, and calculations for the Chinese, Islamic, and Indian calculators. Papers about these topics may be
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Helmut Prodinger
Helmut Prodinger researches analysis of algorithms, combinatorics, tree enumeration, and number theory. Many of his papers on these subjects are available online in PostScript, .dvi, and/ or TeX form.
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Herbert Wilf
Herbert Wilf is a combinatorialist. The entire text of his books generatingfunctionology, A = B, and Algorithms and Complexity may be downloaded in PDF format, as may his "East Side, West Side" lecture notes on combinatorial objects and Maple programming.
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Hiding in DNA - Ivars Peterson (MathTrek)
Spies might have to start boning up on molecular biology to pass along and decipher secret messages. During World War II, German spies used microdots to hide information in plain view. Consisting of a greatly reduced photograph of a typed page, a microdot
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Hilbert's Tenth Problem - Russian Academy of Sciences
A page to promote research connected with the negative solution of Hilbert's Tenth Problem and developed techniques, which have applications in the theory of algorithms, algebra, number theory, model theory, proof theory and in theoretical computer science.
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History of Compactness - Manya Raman
Download a paper that discusses the development of the concept of compactness, one of the most important and useful notions in advanced mathematics and a sort of gatekeeper topic to higher-level mathematics. By presenting an historical treatment of this
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A history of Zero - MacTutor Math History Archives
Linked essay on the development of the concept of zero. There are two important but different uses of zero: one as a empty place indicator in our place-value number system, and one as a number itself in the form we use it as 0. There are also different
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Hoagies' Gifted Education Page - Carolyn K.
Research, reviews, professional and social organizations, internet explorations, and other resources for gifted children and their parents and educators. Math items available in all subsections of the site.
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Home Page of Persi Diaconis - Persi Diaconis
Download PDF and PostScript papers, organized by co-author or by year of publication, such as Asymmetric one-dimensional constrained Ising model; Random walk on trees and matchings; and Mathematical developments from the analysis of Riffle-shuffling.
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Home Run Numbers - Ivars Peterson (MathTrek)
The integers 61 and 62 have been very much in the news this summer. On the major-league baseball front, Mark McGwire hit his 62nd home run on Sept. 8, and Sammy Sosa matched that total on Sept. 13, surpassing the record of 61 home runs in a season held
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Homeschool Math Contests - Haddon Fox
A list of dozens of math contests open to individuals and which do not require gathering up teams -- a requirement that often poses a challenge for homeschoolers. homeschoolmathcontests.com also lists many more regional meets sponsored by colleges and
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How Banks Work - HowStuffWorks
An illustrated article describing the functions of banks, what you would have to do to start your own bank, and why we should (or shouldn't) trust them with our hard earned cash.
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How to Compute Planetary Positions - Paul Schlyter
A description of how to compute the positions for the sun and moon and the major planets, as well as for comets and minor planets, from a set of orbital elements. The algorithms have been simplified as much as possible while still keeping a fairly good
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How to Fix an Election - Ivars Peterson (MathTrek)
Voting sounds like a simple matter. Just pick a candidate, then count the ballots and announce the tally. When there are three or more candidates (or choices), however, the results may not actually reflect the true preferences of the voters.
Suppose
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